Illinois Issues: The Radium Girls - An Illinois Tragedy
Part 1: Radium poisoning took the lives of perhaps thousands of female factory workers, many in Ottawa, Illinois, in the last century.
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Part 1: Radium poisoning took the lives of perhaps thousands of female factory workers, many in Ottawa, Illinois, in the last century.
Townships are a part of local government that Illinoisans often forget they have ---- until there’s a controversy, like that one that flared up in early January in Urbana.
On The 21st: We revisit our conversation with Dr. Aaron Carroll about maintaining realistic and healthy food goals. Plus, ProPublica's Abrahm Lustgarten on the toxic waste that comes from military installations. And, we get the latest in Illinois politics from WBEZ's Dave McKinney.
The graduate employee union at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign filed intent to strike paperwork today. According to a press release from the Graduate Employees Organization, or GEO, the union filed its strike notice after the university administration failed to respond to their latest contract proposal.
A Champaign County deputy wants to make sure people handle B-B guns with care, in light of a BB gun related death in Indiana.